PLUGINS (OLD)

DO NOT EDIT THESE MANUALS ANYMORE!!!

Current Plugin Documentation is now hosted on the plugin's github account and accessed via this link https://opencpn-manuals.github.io/main/opencpn-plugins/0.1/index.html[New Plugin Manuals] https://opencpn-manuals.github.io/main/manuals/5.3.1/index.html [New Index Page - Plugins & Development]

The documentation below is OUTDATED!! Eventually these pages will disappear to be replaced by the new system.

Plugin Editors will need to use the asciidoc / antora system and github pull requests to edit Plugin Pages. In the future we will have a guideline page for implementing this system.

The reasons we are converting Plugin Documentation to asciidoc/antora is found here Manage Docs as Code

The instructions below are for the older Plugin Package Installer (which still works). This system has been replaced by the Plugin Manager (PIM) which is integrated into OpenCPN. Eventually the Plugin Package Installer system will become obsolete and deprecated. The reasons we are converting to asciidoc/antora are found Manage Docs as Code

Install and Enable Plugins General Information about plugins
Included Plugins in OpenCPN
Plugin Messaging between ODraw , Watchdog and Weather_routing.
Download Page for all version 4.2 & 4.4 plugins that are regarded as stable.

Developer Beta Plugins Developers need your help testing!

To create an ~~PDFNS>opencpn:opencpn_user_manual:plugins|Offline External Plugins Manual~~ (does not work yet.)

Included
Dashboard
World Magnetic
Grib Weather
Chart Downloader Tab

AIS/Radar
AISradar Display
Garmin Radar Overlay
BR24 Radar Overlay

• FAQ Radar
• Traditional Plotting Methods
• Debugging Radar

AIS Rtlsdr Usb

Charts
NV Charts
S63 Vector Charts (obsolete)
BSB4 Charts
oeSENC
Fugawi (deprecated)
VfKaps - VentureFather
RotationCtrl
Chartscale
Object Search
Projections

Logs
DashT - Race, Engine/Energy, Signal K, Database, Line Graphs
Logbook
Find-It
VDR
NMEA Converter
oBabel (Beta)

Navigation
Squiddio
googleearth
Celestial Navigation
Route Great Circle
DR Dead Reckoning
oTCurrent
GE2KAP Companion Software
WMM (Included)
TideFinder (Beta)

Safety
Ocpn_Draw 1.6
Ocpn_Draw 1.4
Watchdog
SAR (Search and Rescue)

Sailing
Tactics
Sweep Plot
Polar
Windvane Autopilot

Weather
Weatherfax
IACfleet
Climatology
Weather Routing

Utility
Statusbar
Calculator
Launcher
Debugger
Pypilot Autopilot
ShipDriver
TwoCan
GPS Odometer

The diversity and range of the OpenCPN Plugins is quite remarkable. Users should appreciate the time these authors spent to create this resource. Plugins have been developed for some time now. There is a very healthy collaboration, so that at times it is truly impossible to determine “whose” plugin it is, and since this is one of the major strengths of Open Source we will not attribute. However it should be noted that there are a number of authors who are quite prolific. As the authors come to mind they will be noted below. If you are one of the authors and your name does not appear, please advise.

Sean Depagnier, Dave Register, Jean Pierre Pitzef, Dave Cowell, Dirk Smits, Jon Gough, Mike Rossiter, Salty Paws, Transmitter Dan, Peter Tulp, Konni, Hakan, Wally Schulpen, Kees Verruijt, Douwe Fokkema, Dave Deller and there are more.

Many thanks to those who spent many hours helping the authors of these plugins test and debug.